Belgian MP’s Kidnap Plot Claims ‘Cheap’ Political Stunt

Date: 30 July 2025 - 21:38

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BRUSSELS (Dispatches) — Iran’s mission to the European Union in Brussels has categorically dismissed as “delusional” and politically motivated the recent false allegations made by Belgian parliamentarian of Iranian descent, Darya Safai, accusing Tehran of plotting to abduct her via Turkey.

Safai’s claims come after she publicly aligned herself with anti-Iranian and monarchist elements by sharing a photo with Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the former regime overthrown by the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Her baseless accusations appear to be part of a broader effort to discredit the Islamic Republic amid her persistent campaign to label the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) a “terrorist” organization.

The Iranian mission condemned Safai’s falsehoods on social media, stating: “A new cheap and stylish way of playing grandiose and pleasing your genocidal apartheid boss: just act delusional and hallucinate that you were going to be abducted by a phantom enemy, no matter how ridiculous it might appear.”

This smear campaign coincides with Safai’s lobbying for the IRGC’s inclusion on a European terrorist list, an unjust and politically charged move rejected by Iran.